Robert M. Friedman, Ph.D.
Vice President for Public Policy
J. Craig Venter Institute
Robert Friedman is Vice President for Public Policy at the J. Craig Venter Institute. He directs JCVI's Policy Center and is also active in the Institute's Environmental Genomics Group. Friedman and his colleagues at JCVI, MIT, and CSIS recently released Synthetic Genomics: Options for Governance.
Prior to joining the Venter Institute, Friedman was Vice President for Research at The Heinz Center and a Senior Associate at the Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress (OTA). For 16 years, he advised Congressional committees on issues involving environmental and natural resources policy. Dr. Friedman received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in Ecological Systems Analysis, concentrating in ecology, environmental engineering, and systems analysis. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.